### s390 backporting **Prerequisite gcc patches (all backported to releases/gcc-11 branch):** - gcc-mirror/gcc@a1c1b7a IBM Z: Define NO_PROFILE_COUNTERS - gcc-mirror/gcc@0990d93 IBM Z: Use @PLT symbols for local functions in 64-bit mode - gcc-mirror/gcc@935b522 S/390: New option -mpic-data-is-text-relative - gcc-mirror/gcc@8753b13 IBM Z: fix section type conflict with -mindirect-branch-table **Prerequisite kernel patches:** **v5.19:** - 69505e3d9a39 bug: Use normal relative pointers in 'struct bug_entry' **v5.18:** - 602bf1687e6f s390/nospec: align and size extern thunks - 1d2ad084800e s390/nospec: add an option to use thunk-extern - eed38cd2f46f s390/nospec: generate single register thunks if possible - 2268169c14e5 s390: remove unused expoline to BC instructions - f0003a9e4c18 s390/entry: remove unused expoline thunk **v5.16:** - torvalds/linux@f6ac18f sched: Improve try_invoke_on_locked_down_task() - torvalds/linux@9b3c4ab sched,rcu: Rework try_invoke_on_locked_down_task() - torvalds/linux@00619f7 sched,livepatch: Use task_call_func() - torvalds/linux@8850cb6 sched: Simplify wake_up_*idle*() - torvalds/linux@5de62ea sched,livepatch: Use wake_up_if_idle() - torvalds/linux@96611c2 sched: Improve wake_up_all_idle_cpus() take #2 **v5.15** - torvalds/linux@de5012b s390/ftrace: implement hotpatching - torvalds/linux@67ccddf ftrace: Introduce ftrace_need_init_nop() **v5.14:** - torvalds/linux@7561c14 s390/vdso: add .got.plt in vdso linker script